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Shreyas Gopal of Karnataka captured eight wickets conceding 110 runs against Saurashtra in the ongoing Ranji Trophy match at Rajkot to provide the 196th occasion of a bowler capturing eight or more wickets in an innings in the history of Ranji Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	W-R	Player	Teams	Ground	Season
01	10-20	PM Chatterjee	Bengal v Assam	Jorhat	1956/57
02	10-49	A Kamboj	Haryana v Kerala	Lahli	2024/25
03	10-78	P Sunderam	Rajasthan v Vidarbha	Jodhpur	1985/86
04	9-23	AA Chavan	Mumbai v Punjab	Wankhede	2012/13
05	9-25	S Hyder Ali	Railways v J + K	Delhi-KSS	1969/70
06	9-29	FMM Shaikh	Goa v Services	Delhi-Palam A	2002/03
07	9-31	Madan Lal	Delhi v Haryana	Delhi-FSK	1979/80
08	9-34	T Gyaneshwar	Delhi v J + K	Delhi-FSK	1961/62
09	9-35	VB Ranjane	Maharashtra v Saurashtra	Khadakvasla	1956/57
10	9-36	SA Desai	Gujarat v Uttarakhand	Ahmedabad-GCC	2024/25
11	9-38	RR Wadkar	Bombay v Western India	Jamnagar	1937/38
12	9-45	Amarjith Singh	Kerala v Andhra	Kannur	1971/72
13	9-45	AW Zaidi	U Pradesh v Vidarbha	Kanpur	1999/00
14	9-50	KS Kannan	Madras v Hyderabad	Secunderabad	1947/48
15	9-50	Madan Lal	Delhi v J + K	Delhi-Roshnara	1984/85
16	9-52	S Kumar Prasad	Orissa v Tripura	Agartala	1990/91
17	9-52	GD Dutta	Assam v Tripura	Guwahati	1991/92
18	9-52	R Sanjay Yadav	Meghalaya v Nagaland	Dimapur	2019/20
19	9-53	Ghulam Ahmed	Hyderabad v Madras	Secunderabad	1947/48
20	9-54	TA Sekhar	Tamil Nadu v Kerala	Palakkad	1982/83
11	9-59	G Sharma	U Pradesh v Rajasthan	Kanpur-KCG	1989/90
22	9-61	CT Sarwate	Holkar v Mysore	Indore-YCG	1945/46
23	9-68	JS Saxena	Kerala v Bengal	Thumba	2023/24
24	9-69	PJ Singh	Manipur v Sikkim	Rangpo	2022/23
25	9-70	S Luthra	Delhi v Services	Delhi-FSK	1976/77
26	9-71	AA Pandey	Railways v Goa	Surat	2023/24
27	9-72	BS Chandrasekhar	Mysore v Kerala	Bijapur	1969/70
28	9-76	VV Kumar	Madras v Kerala	Tirunelveli	1969/70
29	9-152	RS Hans	U Pradesh v Karnataka	Mohan Nagar	1977/78
30	8-10	DL Chahar	Rajasthan v Hyderabad	Jaipur	2010/11
31	8-12	GS Ramchand	Bombay v Saurashtra	Brabourne	1959/60
32	8-14	VD Sondhi	Delhi v J + K	Delhi-FSK	1963/64
33	8-15	Firasat Hussain	U Provinces v Southern Punjab	Amritsar	1936/37
34	8-16	PK Shivalkar	Bombay v Tamil Nadu	Chepauk	1972/73
35	8-17	DV Pardeshi	Baroda v Gujarat	Vadodara	1981/82
36	8-18	Abid Mushtaq	J + K v Vidarbha	Nagpur	2022/23
37	8-19	PK Shivalkar	Bombay v Mysore	Brabourne	1971/72
38	8-20	AA Darekar	Maharashtra v Hyderabad	Hyd-RGS	2011/12
39	8-21	JM Patel	Gujarat v Saurashtra	Surat	1960/61
40	8-22	RMH Binny	Karnataka v Haryana	Faridabad	1982/83
41	8-22	S Kumar Prasad	Orissa v Bihar	Hazaribagh	1988/89
42	8-22	RR Singh	Manipur v Mizoram	Kolkata-VAG	2019/20
43	8-23	GD Dutta	Assam v Tripura	Mangoldoi	1999/00
44	8-24	J Sharma	Haryana v Vidarbha	Nagpur	2004/05
45	8-25	SN Banerjee	Nawanagar v Maharashtra	Jamnagar	1941/42
46	8-25	RS Hans	U Pradesh v Vidarbha	Pilibhit	1981/82
47	8-25	B Ramprakash	Kerala v Karnataka	Palakkad	1996/97
48	8-27	Rajinder Pal	Southern Punjab v J + K	Srinagar	1966/67
49	8-29	P Sitaram	Delhi v Eastern Punjab	Delhi-FSK	1958/59
50	8-29	SP Purkayastha	Assam v Hyderabad	Hyd-RGS	2014/15
51	8-31	RV Dhruve	Gujarat v Rajasthan	Motera	2012/13
52	8-31	R Sanjay Yadav	Meghalaya v Puducherry	Mangoldoi	2019/20
53	8-32	R Vinay Kumar	Karnataka v Delhi	Delhi-Roshanara	2009/10
54	8-32	Pankaj Singh	Rajasthan v Tripura	Kota	2010/11
55	8-33	R Pandit	J + K v Services	Srinagar-SiKS	1986/87
56	8-33	MJ Suthar	Rajasthan v Puducherry	Puducherry-2	2022/23
57	8-34	HV Patel	Haryana v Rajasthan	Lahli	2011/12
58	8-35	DM Dhapola	Uttarakhand v Him Pradesh	Dehra Dun	2022/23
59	8-36	JS Saxena	Kerala v Services	Thumba	2022/23
60	8-36	AP Bora	Meghalaya v Sikkim	Rangpo	2023/24
61	8-37	V Thambuswamy	Madras v Andhra	Guntur	1967/68
62	8-37	G Inder Dev	Services v J + K	Jammu	1968/69
63	8-37	Umesh Kumar	Punjab v Delhi	Delhi-FSK	1974/75
64	8-38	Kapil Dev	Haryana v Services	Rohtak	1977/78
65	8-38	D Chopra	Punjab v Services	Delhi-Palam A	1986/87
66	8-38	KV Sharma	Railways v Vidarbha	Nagpur	2022/23
67	8-39	MS Hardikar	Bombay v Bengal	Eden Gardens	1955/56
68	8-39	AM Ogiral	Vidarbha v Mad Pradesh	Nagpur-VCAG	1967/68
69	8-39	JD Unadkat	Saurashtra v Delhi	Rajkot-C	2022/23
70	8-40	HJ Vajifdar	Bombay v Northern India	Bombay-Gym	1934/35
71	8-40	S Luthra	Delhi v Services	Delhi-AHQ	1973/74
72	8-40	S Valson	Tamil Nadu v Andhra	Vijayawada	1981/82
73	8-40	M Kartik	Railways v Delhi	Delhi-KSS	2005/06
74	8-40	HV Patel	Haryana v Karnataka	Chinnaswamy	2011/12
75	8-40	CT Gaja	Gujarat v Rajasthan	Surat	2017/18
76	8-41	GS Shaktawat	Services v Punjab	Chandigarh-S-16	1979/80
77	8-41	A Kumble	Karnataka v Kerala	Thalassery	1994/95
78	8-41	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	U Pradesh v Bengal	Kanpur	2023/24
79	8-42	Bashir Ahmed	United Provinces v Bengal	Kanpur	1945/46
80	8-42	SN Mohol	Maharashtra v Saurashtra	Morvi	1964/65
81	8-43	BK Bose	Bihar v Assam	Jamshedpur	1957/58
82	8-43	AR Bhat	Karnataka v Tamil Nadu	Chinnaswamy	1987/88
83	8-43	MV Sane	Maharashtra v J + K	Pune-DG	2002/03
84	8-45	SP Gupte	Rajasthan v Vidarbha	Nagpur-VCAG	1962/63
85	8-45	B Mahendra Kumar	Hyderabad v Andhra	Anantapur	1962/63
86	8-45	JS Saxena	Kerala v Andhra	Thumba	2018/19
87	8-46	DS Mukherjee	Bengal v Bihar	Jamshedpur	1959/60
88	8-46	B Mahendra Kumar	Andhra v Kerala	Trivandrum	1967/68
89	8-46	KA Kense	Nagaland v Sikkim	Rangpo	2023/24
90	8-48	Maninder Singh	Delhi v Punjab	Patiala	1981/82
91	8-48	RL Mali	Railways v Baroda	Vadodara	2013/14
92	8-49	R Kapoor	J + K v Southern Punjab	Patiala	1963/64
93	8-49	SK Porel	Services v J + K	Srinagar-ASCG	1976/77
94	8-50	ND Bardhan	Orissa v Bihar	Jamshedpur	1949/50
95	8-50	EAS Prasanna	Mysore v Andhra	Belgaum	1970/71
96	8-51	Habib Khan	Hyderabad v Kerala	Calicut	1963/64
97	8-51	CP Shahid	Kerala v J + K	Perintalmanna	2012/13
98	8-51	A Aman	Bihar v Meghalaya	Shillong	2018/19
99	8-52	ND Hirwani	Mad Pradesh v Vidarbha	Nagpur-VCAG	1993/94
100	8-53	JM Patel	Gujarat v Services	Ahmedabad-PPG	1950/51
101	8-53	CR Williams	Baroda v Saurashtra	Rajkot-RCG	1971/72
102	8-53	SB Jakati	Goa v Andhra	Dhanbad	2016/17
103	8-54	VM Muddiah	Services v Southern Punjab	Patiala	1949/50
104	8-54	Rajinder Pal	Delhi v Railways	Delhi-FSK	1959/60
105	8-54	Kaleem-ul-Haq	Hyderabad v Andhra	Visakhapatnam	1964/65
106	8-54	G Desai	Railways v Services	Delhi-KSS	1974/75
107	8-54	Maninder Singh	Delhi v Haryana	Delhi-FSK	1985/86
108	8-54	US Chatterjee	Bengal v Hyderabad	Eden Gardens	2003/04
109	8-55	SK Girdhari	Kathiawar v Gujarat	Ahmedabad-GCG	1947/48
110	8-55	Habib Khan	Hyderabad v Kerala	Warangal	1960/61
111	8-55	R Goel	Haryana v Railways	Delhi-KSS	1973/74
112	8-55	DJ Johnson	Karnataka v Assam	Chinnaswamy	1993/94
113	8-56	LL Guite	Mizoram v Sikkim	Bhubaneswar	2019/20
114	8-57	KNA Padmanabhan	Kerala v Andhra	Kottayam	1993/94
115	8-58	A Kumble	Karnataka v Kerala	Thalassery	1994/95
116	8-58	JS Saxena	Mad Pradesh v Railways	Gwalior	2015/16
117	8-59	PM Chatterjee	Bengal v Mad Pradesh	Eden GardensJ	1955/56
118	8-59	CP Kulkarni	Maharashtra v Services	Aurangabad	2003/04
119	8-60	SV Mudkavi	Rajasthan v Railways	Kota-JKG	1984/85
120	8-60	K Gowtham	Karnataka v Tamil Nadu	Dindigul	2019/20
111	8-61	PV Gandhe	Vidarbha v Rajasthan	Alwar	1993/94
122	8-62	L Amar Singh	Nawanagar v Bombay	Poona-DG	1936/37
123	8-63	M Kakoti	Assam v Tripura	Guwahati-NEFRS	1987/88
124	8-64	V Bhan Singh	Rajasthan v Vidarbha	Hinganghat	1982/83
125	8-64	M Saudagar	Orissa v Assam	Sambalpur	1987/88
126	8-65	NY Satham	Baroda v Gujarat	Surat	1980/81
127	8-65	KS Parida	Railways v Mad Pradesh	Indore	2001/02
128	8-66	ND Hirwani	Mad Pradesh v Railways	Gwalior	1993/94
129	8-66	SA Desai	Gujarat v J + K	Motera	2022/23
130	8-67	P Jain	Haryana v Him Pradesh	Bhiwani	1993/94
131	8-68	KS Parida	Railways v Mad Pradesh	Indore	2004/05
132	8-68	P Kumar	U Pradesh v Delhi	Wankhede	2007/08
133	8-70	AR Bhat	Karnataka v Kerala	Gulbarga	1983/84
134	8-70	H Walunj	Maharashtra v Saurashtra	Solapur	2023/24
135	8-71	Iqbal Karan	Services v Eastern Punjab	Amritsar	1950/51
136	8-71	G Inder Dev	Services v J + K	Srinagar-ASG	1964/65
137	8-72	IR Siddiqui	Maharashtra v Saurashtra	Pune-NS	1999/00
138	8-73	P Tata Rao	Hyderabad v Madras	Secunderabad	1934/35
139	8-73	AA Sanklecha	Maharashtra v Assam	Chennai-Chemplast	2016/17
140	8-75	SS Deshmukh	Railways v Southern Punjab	Delhi-KSS	1961/62
141	8-76	SK Sharma	Delhi v Bihar	Delhi-FSK	1989/90
142	8-78	SK Satpathy	Orissa v Assam	Cuttack	1959/60
143	8-80	JP Yadav	Mad Pradesh v Vidarbha	Indore-NS	2000/01
144	8-82	SR Singh	Vidarbha v Saurashtra	Rajkot-MSCG	2005/06
145	8-83	Mumtaz Hussain	Hyderabad v Delhi	Delhi-FSK	1970/71
146	8-83	SV Mudkavi	Goa v Andhra	Kakinada	1995/96
147	8-83	AK Das	Assam v Punjab	Valsad	2015/16
148	8-84	IC Pandey	Mad Pradesh v Railways	Indore-HS	2013/14
149	8-85	JS Saxena	Kerala v Rajasthan	Thumba	2017/18
150	8-85	Parvez Rasool	J + K v Services	Delhi-Palam A	2018/19
151	8-86	Kanwaljit Singh	Hyderabad v Delhi	Secunderabad	1998/99
152	8-87	R Goel	Haryana v Delhi	Delhi-FSK	1979/80
153	8-88	PV Gandhe	Vidarbha v Railways	Nagpur-VCAG	1999/00
154	8-89	Arshad Ayub	Hyderabad v Karnataka	Dharwad	1990/91
155	8-90	VS Hazare	Baroda v Maharashtra	Baroda-CCG	1946/47
156	8-91	KK Tarapore	Bombay v Nawanagar	Brabourne	1939/40
157	8-91	RJ Shastri	Bombay v Delhi	Wankhede	1984/85
158	8-93	CS Nayudu	Baroda v Nawanagar	Baroda-CCG	1939/40
159	8-93	GS Todalbaji	Maharashtra v Gujarat	Surat-PPG	1961/62
160	8-94	Amir Elahi	N India v Southern Punjab	Patiala	1937/38
161	8-96	JS Saxena	Mad Pradesh v Railways	Gwalior	2015/16
162	8-97	KV Sharma	Railways v Rajasthan	Bhubaneswar	2012/13
163	8-97	V Khanna	Punjab v Railways	Mohali	2015/16
164	8-98	SM Fallah	Maharashtra v Baroda	Pune-PCG	2009/10
165	8-99	BK Garudachar	Mysore v Madras	Bangalore-CCG	1941/42
166	8-99	SA Durani	Rajasthan v Bombay	Udaipur	1960/61
167	8-100	AD Solkar	Railways v Delhi	Delhi-KSS	1972/73
168	8-100	SS Lahore	Mad Pradesh v Vidarbha	Raipur	1986/87
169	8-102	RC Thakkar	Bombay v Maharashtra	Kolhapur	1982/83
170	8-102	IC Pandey	Mad Pradesh v Punjab	Lahli	2016/17
171	8-104	S Kundu	Bengal v Delhi	Eden Gardens,	1960/61
172	8-107	Ibrahim Khan	Hyderabad v Madras	Hyd-LBS	1950/51
173	8-108	TS Mahadevan	Kerala v Hyderabad	Thalassery	1985/86
174	8-108	SS Bachhav	Maharashtra v Railways	Delhi-KSS	2018/19
175	8-110	S Gopal	Karnataka v Saurashtra	Rajkot-NSS	2025/26
176	8-111	BP Gupte	Bombay v Delhi	Delhi-FSK	1961/62
177	8-111	RR Kulkarni	Bombay v Delhi	Delhi-FSK	1982/83
178	8-111	FMM Shaikh	Goa v Vidarbha	Nagpur-VCAG	2002/03
179	8-112	NY Satham	Baroda v Maharashtra	Walchandnagar	1967/68
180	8-114	D Vasu	Tamil Nadu v Karnataka	Chepauk	1994/95
181	8-118	B Mahendra Kumar	Andhra v Mysore	Belgaum	1970/71
182	8-118	Madan Lal	Delhi v Bombay	Wankhede	1980/81
183	8-118	SP Udeshi	Puducherry v Jharkhand	Puducherry	2022/23
184	8-119	AW Zaidi	U Pradesh v Haryana	Faridabad	1990/91
185	8-120	KK Sharma	U Pradesh v Vidarbha	Nagpur-VCAG	1986/87
186	8-123	AR Bhat	Karnataka v Bombay	Chinnaswamy	1981/82
187	8-125	Jasbir Singh	U Pradesh v Mad Pradesh	Bhilai	1993/94
188	8-127	YA Golwalkar	Mad Pradesh v Railways	Indore	2004/05
189	8-130	V Venkatram	Bihar v Tamil Nadu	Chepauk	1984/85
190	8-132	SP Pandey	Mad Pradesh v Railways	Indore	2001/02
191	8-133	TK Chanda	Tripura v Him Pradesh	Agartala	2011/12
192	8-137	CR Williams	Baroda v Bombay	Wankhede	1974/75
193	8-148	SA Desai	Gujarat v Vidarbha	Nagpur-VCAG	2018/19
194	8-151	RH Bhatt	Gujarat v Punjab	Mohali	2015/16
195	8-162	SG Shinde	Bombay v Gujarat	Ahmedabad-CCG	1950/51
196	8-182	SV Mudkavi	Goa v Karnataka	Chinnaswamy	1995/96

Shreyas Gopal of Karnataka captured eight wickets conceding 110 runs against Saurashtra in the ongoing Ranji Trophy match at Rajkot to provide the 13th occasion of a Mysore/Karnataka bowler capturing eight or more wickets in an innings in the history of Ranji Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	W-R	Player	Teams	Ground	Season
1	9-72	BS Chandrasekhar	Mysore v Kerala	Bijapur	1969/70
2	8-99	BK Garudachar	Mysore v Madras	Bangalore-CCG	1941/42
3	8-50	EAS Prasanna	Mysore v Andhra	Belgaum	1970/71
4	8-123	AR Bhat	Karnataka v Bombay	Chinnaswamy	1981/82
5	8-22	RMH Binny	Karnataka v Haryana	Faridabad	1982/83
6	8-70	AR Bhat	Karnataka v Kerala	Gulbarga	1983/84
7	8-43	AR Bhat	Karnataka v Tamil Nadu	Chinnaswamy	1987/88
8	8-55	DJ Johnson	Karnataka v Assam	Chinnaswamy	1993/94
9	8-41	A Kumble	Karnataka v Kerala	Thalassery	1994/95
10	8-58	A Kumble	Karnataka v Kerala	Thalassery	1994/95
11	8-32	R Vinay Kumar	Karnataka v Delhi	Delhi-Roshanara	2009/10
12	8-60	K Gowtham	Karnataka v Tamil Nadu	Dindigul	2019/20
13	8-110	S Gopal	Karnataka v Saurashtra	Rajkot-NSS	2025/26

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DA Jadeja of Saurashtra captured seven wickets conceding 124 runs against Karnataka in the ongoing Ranji Triophy at Rajkot to provide the 33rd occasion of a bowler capturing seven or more wickets in an innings against Karnataka in Ranji Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	W-Runs	Player	Representing	Ground	Season
1	9-061	CT Sarwate	Holkar	Indore	1945/46
2	9-152	RS Hans	Uttar Pradesh	Mohan Nagar	1977/78
3	8-019	PK Shivalkar	Bombay	Bombay	1971/72
4	8-025	B Ramprakash	Kerala	Palakkad	1996/97
5	8-040	HV Patel	Haryana	Bangalore	2011/12
6	8-089	Arshad Ayub	Hyderabad	Dharwad	1990/91
7	8-114	D Vasu	Tamil Nadu		1994/95
8	8-118	B Mahendra Kumar	Andhra	Belgaum	1970/71
9	8-182	SV Mudkavi	Goa	Bangalore	1995/96
10	7-033	DV Pardeshi	Baroda	Vadodara	1982/83
11	7-034	CR Rangachari	Madras	Chepauk	1944/45
12	7-038	Kanwaljit Singh	Hyderabad	Secunderabad	1997/98
13	7-042	SA Desai	Gujarat	Motera	2023/24
14	7-043	P Mukund	Tamil Nadu	Chepauk	1978/79
15	7-044	J Syed Mohammad	Assam	Guwahati	2015/16
16	7-052	B Ramchandra	Bengal	Eden Gardens	1941/42
17	7-053	SR Dubey	Mumbai	Belgaum	2018/19
18	7-054	J Gokulakrishnan	Goa	Panaji	1996/97
19	7-060	V Hariharan	Kerala	Quilon	1988/89
20	7-062	Kanwaljit Singh	Hyderabad	Secunderabad	1997/98
21	7-068	S Subramaniam	Tamil Nadu	Chepauk	1994/95
22	7-068	RN Gurbani	Vidarbha	Eden Gardens	2017/18
23	7-069	S Venkataraghavan	Tamil Nadu	Salem	1984/85
24	7-079	S Sinha	Bihar	Jamshedpur	1975/76
25	7-080	VN Joshi	Maharashtra	Poona	1970/71
26	7-080	S Venkataraghavan	Tamil Nadu	Chepauk	1974/75
27	7-082	PK Rao	Chhattisgarh	Alur	2018/19
28	7-087	AB Dinda	Bengal	Eden Gardens	2014/15
29	7-097	BS Bedi	Delhi	Delhi-FSK	1974/75
30	7-098	KR Upadhyay	Railways	Delhi-KSS	2014/15
31	7-103	VV Kumar	Madras	Dharwad	1959/60
32	7-103	DA Jadeja	Saurashtra	Rajkot	2018/19
33	7-124	DA Jadeja	Saurashtra	Rajkot	2025/25

DA Jadeja became third bowler to capture seven or more wickets in an innings against Karnataka on two occasions. Others are Kanwaljit Singh of Hyderabad and S Venkataraghaven of Tamilnadu. The feats of these three bowlers are funished below

No	W-Runs	Player	Representing	Ground	Season
1	7-103	DA Jadeja	Saurashtra	Rajkot	2018/19
2	7-124	DA Jadeja	Saurashtra	Rajkot	2025/25
1	7-038	Kanwaljit Singh	Hyderabad	Secunderabad	1997/98
2	7-062	Kanwaljit Singh	Hyderabad	Secunderabad	1997/98
1	7-069	S Venkataraghavan	Tamil Nadu	Salem	1984/85
2	7-080	S Venkataraghavan	Tamil Nadu	Chepauk	1974/75

The following table lists the 200 plus runs partnerships posted by batsmen in the league stage of the Ranji Trophy season 2024-25

No	Partners	Runs	W	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	SS Kauthankar, KU Bakhale	606*	3rd	Goa	v Arunachal	Porvorim	13 Nov 24
2	J Lalthankhuma, AD Chopra	384*	3rd	Mizoram	v Arunachal	Ahmedabad	18 Oct 24
3	S Vashisht, SG Rohilla	376*	1st	Services	v Odisha	Cuttack	30 Jan 25
4	SS Sharma, HP Gawli	373	2nd	M. Pradesh	v U Pradesh	Indore	30 Jan 25
5	SS Sharma, VR Iyer	366	5th	M. Pradesh	v Bihar	Patna	06 Nov 24
6	SD Lad, SS Iyer	354	4th	Mumbai	v Odisha	Mumbai	06 Nov 24
7	SS Kauthankar, KU Bakhale	278	4th	Goa	v Nagaland	Sovima	23 Jan 25
8	KS Sharma, A Juyal	276*	3rd	U Pradesh	v Bihar	Patna	23 Jan 25
9	VP Solanki, SS Sharma	252	4th	Baroda	v Services	Delhi	18 Oct 24
10	M Kaushik, A Juyal	246	2nd	U Pradesh	v Karnataka	Lucknow	13 Nov 24
11	AN Khare, SJ Desai	238	3rd	Chhattisgarh	v Saurashtra	Rajkot	18 Oct 24
12	CS Jani, HM Desai	237	2nd	Saurashtra	v Chandigarh	Chandigarh	13 Nov 24
13	SK Rasheed, K Karan Shinde	236	3rd	Andhra	v Hyderabad	Hyderabad	13 Nov 24
14	W Sundar, B Sai Sudharsan	232	2nd	Tamil Nadu	v Delhi	Delhi	18 Oct 24
15	SJ Sharma, SP Khajuria	231	6th	J + K	v Maharashtra	Srinagar	11 Oct 24
16	J Suchith, CD Bist	225	7th	Nagaland	v Mizoram	Nadiad	13 Nov 24
17	D Nischal, HB Chetri	224	3rd	Nagaland	v Manipur	Sovima	18 Oct 24
18	RD Gaikwad, SS Dhas	222	2nd	Maharashtra	v Mumbai	Mumbai	18 Oct 24
19	KK Nair, DV Malewar	222	3rd	Vidarbha	v Gujarat	Nagpur	13 Nov 24
20	K Rohit Rayudu, TD Agarwal	220	2nd	Hyderabad	v Puducherry	Hyderabad	26 Oct 24
21	AR Easwaran, SD Chatterjee	212	1st	Bengal	v U Pradesh	Lucknow	11 Oct 24
22	AR Kalsi, P Chopra	211	2nd	Himachal	v Uttarakhand	Dharamsala	11 Oct 24
23	Shubham Arora, P Chopra	206	1st	Himachal	v Uttarakhand	Dharamsala	11 Oct 24
24	KV Siddharth, MA Khutkar	206	3rd	Goa	v Sikkim	Rangpo	18 Oct 24
25	JM Patel, MA Hingrajia	205	5th	Gujarat	v Uttarakhand	Ahmedabad	23 Jan 25
26	M Kaushik, Abhishek Goswami	202	1st	U Pradesh	v M. Pradesh	Indore	30 Jan 25
27	A Mhatre, SS Iyer	200	4th	Mumbai	v Maharashtra	Mumbai	18 Oct 24

A Kambhoj of Haryana returned with figures of ten for 49 against Kerala at Lahli in Nov 2024 in the ongoing Ranji Trophy season to provide the third occasion of a bowler capturing ten wickets in an innings in the history of Ranji Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	W-R	Player	Match	Ground	Season
1	10-20	PM Chatterjee	Bengal v Assam	Jorhat	1956/57
2	10-49	A Kamboj	Haryana v Kerala	Lahli	2024/25
3	10-78	P Sunderam	Rajasthan v Vidarbha	Jodhpur	1985/86

The following table lists the double centurions in the league stage of Ranji Trophy and Ranji Trophy Plate league of the season 2024-25. The list includes four triple centurions.

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	SS Kauthankar	314*	Goa	v Arunachal	Porvorim	13 Nov 24
2	CD Bist	304*	Nagaland	v Mizoram	Nadiad	13 Nov 24
3	MK Lomror	300*	Rajasthan	v Uttarakhand	Dehradun	13 Nov 24
4	KU Bakhale	300*	Goa	v Arunachal	Porvorim	13 Nov 24
5	HP Gawli	258	M. Pradesh	v U Pradesh	Indore	30 Jan 25
6	SP Khajuria	255	J + K	v Maharashtra	Srinagar	11 Oct 24
7	SS Kauthankar	250	Goa	v Mizoram	Ahmedabad	06 Nov 24
8	SS Sharma	240	M. Pradesh	v Bihar	Patna	06 Nov 24
9	AD Chopra	238*	Mizoram	v Arunachal	Ahmedabad	18 Oct 24
10	CA Pujara	234	Saurashtra	v Chhattisgarh	Rajkot	18 Oct 24
11	SS Iyer	233	Mumbai	v Odisha	Mumbai	06 Nov 24
12	R Jonathan	225	Nagaland	v Arunachal	Sovima	11 Oct 24
13	AD Chopra	218	Mizoram	v Manipur	Nadiad	26 Oct 24
14	B Sai Sudharsan	213	Tamil Nadu	v Delhi	Delhi	18 Oct 24
15	ASK Pandey	211	Chhattisgarh	v Assam	Raipur	13 Nov 24
16	SG Rohilla	209*	Services	v Odisha	Cuttack	30 Jan 25
17	SS Sharma	208	M. Pradesh	v U Pradesh	Indore	30 Jan 25
18	AR Kalsi	205*	Himachal	v Uttarakhand	Dharamsala	11 Oct 24
19	A Badoni	205*	Delhi	v Jharkhand	Delhi	13 Nov 24
20	AN Khare	203*	Chhattisgarh	v Saurashtra	Rajkot	18 Oct 24
21	SK Rasheed	203	Andhra	v Hyderabad	Hyderabad	13 Nov 24
22	R Smaran	203	Karnataka	v Punjab	Bengaluru	23 Jan 25
23	MR Kale	202*	Puducherry	v Uttarakhand	Puducherry	30 Jan 25
24	SS Kauthankar	202*	Goa	v Nagaland	Sovima	23 Jan 25
25	A Juyal	200*	U Pradesh	v Bihar	Patna	23 Jan 25
26	Aarya Desai	200	Gujarat	v Puducherry	Ahmedabad	06 Nov 24

Shardul Thakur of Mumbai performed the hat-trick against Meghalya at Bandra Kurla Complex ground, Mumbai in the on-going season of Ranji Trophy to provide the 83^rd occasion of a bowler performing the feat in the history of Ranji Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Bowler	Team	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	Baqa Jilani	N India	S Punjab	Alexandra Ground, Amritsar	1934/35
2	Mubarak Ali	Nawanagar	W India	Poona Club Ground, Poona	1936/37
3	Thomas Longfield	Bengal	Bihar	Rangers Ground, Calcutta	1937/38
4	Jehangir Khot	Bombay	Baroda	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1943/44
5	D. Narottam	Kathiawar	Baroda	Dhrol	1947/48
6	S Banerjee	Bihar	Delhi	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur	1948/49
7	Chandu Sarwate	Holkar	Bihar	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur	1948/49
8	Probir Sen	Bengal	Orissa	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	1954/55
9	V Muddiah	Services	E Punjab	Roshanara Club Ground, Delhi	1955/56
10	Vasant Ranjane	Maharashtra	Saurashtra	NDAcAcademy Ground, Khadakvasla	1956/57
11	Nandi Khanna	S Punjab	J + K	Baradari Ground, Patiala	1959/60
12	Nyalchand Shah	Saurashtra	Baroda	Sahu Club Ground, Dharangadhra	1961/62
13	Hiralal Gaekwad	M Pradesh	Rajasthan	Garrison Ground, Jabalpur	1962/63
14	Umesh Kulkarni	Bombay	Gujarat	Shastri Maidan, Anand	1963/64
15	Subhash Jhanji	U Pradesh	Vidarbha	VC JJAssociation Ground, Nagpur	1963/64
16	Joginder Rao	Services	J + K	Army Headquarters, Delhi	1963/64
17	Joginder Rao	Services	N Punjab	Amritsar	1963/64
18	Joginder Rao	Services	N Punjab	Amritsar	1963/64
19	Ravinder Pal	Delhi	S Punjab	Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh	1965/66
20	Bishan Singh Bedi	Delhi	Punjab	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1968/69
21	Kailash Gattani	Rajasthan	U Pradesh	Dr Sampurnanda Stadium, Varanasi	1969/70
22	Mehboodullah Khan	U Pradesh	M Pradesh	KD Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow	1971/72
23	BS Kalyanasundaram	Tamil Nadu	Bombay	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras	1972/73
24	Abdul Ismail	Bombay	Saurashtra	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1973/74
25	Raghuram Bhat	Karnataka	Bombay	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	1981/82
26	Bharat Arun	Tamil Nadu	Goa	Bhausaheb Bandodkar Ground, Panaji	1986/87
27	Barun Burman	Bengal	Tripura	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1986/87
28	Sourajit Mohapatra	Orissa	Tripura	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	1987/88
29	Shankar Saini	Delhi	H Pradesh	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	1988/89
30	Salil Ankola	Maharashtra	Gujarat	Nehru Stadium, Pune	1988/89
31	Javagal Srinath	Karnataka	Hyderabad	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad	1989/90
32	Arun Singla	Haryana	Services	Nehru Stadium, Gurgaon	1989/90
33	Saradindu Mukherjee	Bengal	Hyderabad	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad	1989/90
34	V Venkatram	Bihar	Tripura	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur	1990/91
35	RP Singh	U Pradesh	Vidarbha	Modi Stadium, Kanpur	1991/92
36	Anil Kumble	Karnataka	Andhra	Ukku Stadium, Visakhapatnam	1991/92
37	Sunil Subramaniam	Tamil Nadu	Kerala	Public Stadium, Thiruvalla	1992/93
38	Pritam Gandhe	Vidarbha	Rajasthan	Indira Gandhi Stadium, Alwar	1993/94
39	Arshad Ayub	Hyderabad	Kerala	Nehru Stadium, Kottayam	1993/94
40	Sagarmoy Sensharma	Bengal	Delhi	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	1993/94
41	M Suresh Kumar	Railways	Rajasthan	Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi	1995/96
42	Murali Kartik	Railways	Vidarbha	Karnail Singh Stadium, Delhi	1996/97
43	Anil Kumble	Karnataka	Orissa	Ispat Stadium, Rourkela	1997/98
44	Anand Katti	Karnataka	Kerala	Thalassery Stadium, Thalassery	1998/99
45	Damodaran Devanand	Tamil Nadu	Orissa	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	1998/99
46	Amit Mishra	Haryana	H Pradesh	Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium, Rohtak	2001/02
47	Ajay Barik	Orissa	Assam	Permit Ground, Balasore	2001/02
48	Gagandeep Singh	Punjab	U Pradesh	Mohali	2002/03
49	R Ramkumar	Tamil Nadu	Karnataka	Indian Air Force Ground, Bangalore	2003/04
50	S Sreesanth	Kerala	H Pradesh	Fort Maidan, Palakkad	2004/05
51	Rajesh Pawar	Baroda	Hyderabad	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad	2004/05
52	Rakesh Patel	Baroda	Tamil Nadu	Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara	2004/05
53	Joginder Sharma	Haryana	Andhra	Rohtak	2006/07
54	Sony Cheruvathur	Kerala	Gujarat	Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat	2007/08
55	Parvinder Awana	Delhi	Maharashtra	Nagothane	2007/08
56	VRV Singh	Punjab	Orissa	Mohali	2007/08
57	Vinay Kumar	Karnataka	Maharashtra	Chatrapati Shivaji Stadium, Ratnagiri	2007/08
58	Pritam Gandhe	Vidarbha	Services	Palam A Ground, Delhi	2008/09
59	Salim Veragi	Baroda	Tamil Nadu	Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara	2008/09
60	Abhimanyu Mithun	Karnataka	U Pradesh	Bhamashah Stadium, Meerut	2009/10
61	Samad Fallah	Maharashtra	Baroda	Pune Club Ground, Pune	2009/10
62	Dhruv Singh	Haryana	U Pradesh	Mohan Nagar	2010/11
63	Pawan Suyal	Delhi	Assam	Roshanara Club Ground, Delhi	2010/11
64	Abu Ahmed	Assam	Goa	Nehru Stadium, Guwahati	2011/12
65	Siddharth Trivedi	Saurashtra	Punjab	Mohali	2011/12
66	Krishnakant Upadhyay	Railways	Punjab	Mohali	2011/12
67	Mohammed Shami	Bengal	M Pradesh	Holkar Stadium, Indore	2012/13
68	Rakesh Dhruve	Gujarat	Vidarbha	Nagpur	2013/14
69	Sreenath Aravind	Karnataka	Tamil Nadu	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	2014/15
70	Mohit Sharma	Haryana	Delhi	Rohtak	2014/15
71	HS Sharath	Karnataka	Haryana	Mysore	2015/16
72	Basant Mohanty	Orissa	Delhi	KIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar	2015/16
73	Umesh Yadav	Vidarbha	Rajasthan	VCA Nagpur	2015/16
74	Rana Dutta	Tripura	H Pradesh	Bengal Cricket Academy Ground, Kalyani	2016/17
75	Vinay Kumar	Karnataka	Mumbai	VCA Stadium Nagpur	2017/18
76	Rajneesh Gurbani	Vidarbha	Delhi	Holkar Stadium, Indore	2017/18
77	Mohammed Mudhasir	J + K	Rajasthan	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	2018/19
78	Shahbaz Ahmed	Bengal	Hyderabad	Bengal Cricket Academy Ground, Kalyani	2019/20
79	Ravi Yadav	M Pradesh	U Pradesh	Holkar Stadium, Indore	2019/20
80	Royston Dias	Mumbai	Bihar	Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna	2023/24
81	Kulwant Khejroliya	M Pradesh	Baroda	Holkar Stadium, Indore	2023/24
82	Rishi Dhawan	H Pradesh	Puduchery	Dharamsala	2024/25
83	Shardul Thakur	Mumbai	Meghalaya	Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy,BKC, Mumbai	2024/25

Shardul Thakur of Mumbai performed the hat-trick against Meghalya at Bandra Kurla Complex ground, Mumbai in the on-going season of Ranji Trophy to provide the fifth occasion of a Mumbai bowler performing the feat in the history of Ranji Trophy. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Bowler	Team	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	Jehangir Khot	Bombay	Baroda	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1943/44
2	Umesh Kulkarni	Bombay	Gujarat	Shastri Maidan, Anand	1963/64
3	Abdul Ismail	Bombay	Saurashtra	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	1973/74
4	Royston Dias	Mumbai	Bihar	Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna	2023/24
5	Shardul Thakur	Mumbai	Meghalaya	Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy,BKC, Mumbai	2024/25

R Smaran of Karnataka scored 203 against Punjab in the ongoing Ranji Trophy at Bangalore to provide the 33^rd occasion of Karnataka batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings in Ranji Trophy.All such occasions are tabulated below, The list include three batsmen who have scored triple hundreds

No	Score	Player	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	213*	V Subramanya	Madras	Chepauk, Madras	1966/67
2	230†	GR Viswanath	Andhra	Vijayawada	1967/68
3	200*	R Sudhakar Rao	Hyderabad	Hyd-LBS	1975/76
4	218*†	S Desai	Kerala	Chickmagalur	1977/78
5	211*†	RMH Binny	Kerala	Chickmagalur	1977/78
6	247	GR Viswanath	U Pradesh	Mohan Nagar	1977/78
7	216	BP Patel	Baroda	MCS,Bangalore	1978/79
8	267	V Arjun Raja	Bengal	Calcutta	1990/91
9	259*†	KA Jeshwant	Tamil Nadu	Coimbatore	1990/91
10	200*	RS Dravid	Andhra	MCS,Bangalore	1992/93
11	215	RS Dravid	U Pradesh	MCS,Bangalore	1997/98
12	210	RS Dravid	Hyderabad	MCS,Bangalore	1998/99
13	200*	R Vijay Bharadwaj	Kerala	Thalassery	1998/99
14	207*	R Vijay Bharadwaj	Tamil Nadu	RSI, Bangalore	2001/02
15	237*	BM Rowland	J + K	MCS,Bangalore	2002/03
16	210	BM Rowland	Assam	MCS,Bangalore	2003/04
17	283	BM Rowland	M Pradesh	MCS,Bangalore	2004/05
18	214	RS Dravid	Mumbai	Mumbai-WS	2007/08
19	209*	RS Dravid	U Pradesh	MCS,Bangalore	2009/10
20	200*	MK Pandey	Mumbai	Mumbai-BS	2011/12
21	251*	KB Pawan	Rajasthan	Udaipur	2011/12
22	264*	CM Gautam	Maharashtra	Gahunje	2012/13
23	200*	G Satish	Tamil Nadu	Chepauk, Chennai	2012/13
24	257	CM Gautam	Vidarbha	Mysore	2012/13
25	328	KK Nair	Tamil Nadu	Mumbai-WS	2014/15
26	337	KL Rahul	U Pradesh	MCS,Bangalore	2014/15
27	235	R Samarth	Jharkhand	Greater Noida	2016/17
28	304*	MA Agarwal	Maharashtra	Gahunje	2017/18
29	238	MK Pandey	U Pradesh	Kanpur	2017/18
30	208*	MK Pandey	Goa	Porvorim	2022/23
31	208	MA Agarwal	Kerala	Thumba	2022/23
32	249	MA Agarwal	Saurashtra	MCS,Bangalore	2022/23
33	203	R Smaran	Punjab	MCS,Bangalore	2024/25

No	Score	Player	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	337	KL Rahul	U Pradesh	MCS,Bangalore	2014/15
2	328	KK Nair	Tamil Nadu	Mumbai-WS	2014/15
3	304*	MA Agarwal	Maharashtra	Gahunje	2017/18

R Smaran of Karnataka scored 203 against Punjab in the ongoing Ranji Trophy at Bangalore to provide the eleventh occasion of Karnataka batsman scoring 200 plus runs in an innings in Ranji Trophy.All such occasions are tabulated below, The list include a batsmen who has scored a triple hundred

No	Score	Player	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	216	BP Patel	Baroda	MCS,Bangalore	1978/79
2	200*	RS Dravid	Andhra	MCS,Bangalore	1992/93
3	215	RS Dravid	U Pradesh	MCS,Bangalore	1997/98
4	210	RS Dravid	Hyderabad	MCS,Bangalore	1998/99
5	237*	BM Rowland	J + K	MCS,Bangalore	2002/03
6	210	BM Rowland	Assam	MCS,Bangalore	2003/04
7	283	BM Rowland	M Pradesh	MCS,Bangalore	2004/05
8	209*	RS Dravid	U Pradesh	MCS,Bangalore	2009/10
9	337	KL Rahul	U Pradesh	MCS,Bangalore	2014/15
10	249	MA Agarwal	Saurashtra	MCS,Bangalore	2022/23
11	203	R Smaran	Punjab	MCS,Bangalore	2024/25

R Smaran became the fifth Karnataka batsman to score double hundred as his first hundred in Ranji Trophy.

No	Score	Player	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	230†	GR Viswanath	Andhra	Vijayawada	1967/68
2	218*†	S Desai	Kerala	Chickmagalur	1977/78
3	211*†	RMH Binny	Kerala	Chickmagalur	1977/78
4	259*†	KA Jeshwant	Tamil Nadu	Coimbatore	1990/91
5	203†	R Smaran	Punjab	MCS,Bangalore	2024/25

His knock represent the thirteenth 200 plus score in an innings in the on going Ranji Trophy season 2024 25

No	Player	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	MK Lomror	300*	Rajasthan	Uttarakhand	Dehradun	13 Nov 24
2	SP Khajuria	255	J + K	Maharashtra	Srinagar	11 Oct 24
3	SS Sharma	240	M. Pradesh	Bihar	Patna	06 Nov 24
4	CA Pujara	234	Saurashtra	Chhattisgarh	Rajkot	18 Oct 24
5	SS Iyer	233	Mumbai	Odisha	Mumbai	06 Nov 24
6	B Sai Sudharsan	213	Tamil Nadu	Delhi	Delhi	18 Oct 24
7	ASK Pandey	211	Chhattisgarh	Assam	Raipur	13 Nov 24
8	AR Kalsi	205*	Himachal	Uttarakhand	Dharamsala	11 Oct 24
9	A Badoni	205*	Delhi	Jharkhand	Delhi	13 Nov 24
10	AN Khare	203*	Chhattisgarh	Saurashtra	Rajkot	18 Oct 24
11	SK Rasheed	203	Andhra	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	13 Nov 24
12	R Smaran	203	Karnataka	Punjab	Bengaluru	23 Jan 25
13	Aarya Desai	200	Gujarat	Puducherry	Ahmedabad	06 Nov 24

Exactly 90 years ago, on 04.11.1934, the first ever Ranji Trophy match was played at Madras between Madras and Mysore and  was completed  in a day.

Sri C Keshavamurthy, Champion Statistician on Indian Domestic Cricket, has penned a special article for the then crickick.com {now hrgcricstats.com] netizens on the first ever Ranji Trophy match between Madras and Mysore which was played on 04.11.34. This match was completed on a single day. Read on CKM’s thoughts on this historic match

Madras (now Chennai) is not new to cricket. It is learnt that cricket was played here as early as 1855 on military grounds as a sort of recreation of the soldiers. Matches were played by the Cricket Clubs as early as 1932/33 and 1933/34 for the Raja of Palayampatti Shield and Bishop Waller Shields. Even test cricket had its birth in India way back in 1933/34 and Madras had staged a test at Chepauk ground from 10th to 13th Februry 1934. As time took its toll, Madras had the distinction of becoming the first centre to boast of India’s inaugural victory in 25 tests over a span of 20 years when it beat England at the Chepauk ground on 10th February 1952. It has also the rare privilege of hosting a tied test match (only the 2nd instance in the history of test cricket) between India and Australia in September 1986.

The idea of having a Premier National championship – the Ranji Trophy (named after KS Ranjitsinhji, popularly known throughout the cricket world as the great Ranji) was mooted in the summer of 1934 when the BCCI at its meeting at Simla decided to conduct a cricket tournament on an yearly basis to keep cricket at the highest level on the lines of County matches in England and Sheffield Shield matches in Australia. And when the question of selecting the first ever venue for the National Championship came up, Madras was chosen and what better place could there have been for the inaugural match of the prestigious tournament than Madras which had earlier hosted a test match. Madras has the prevelege of hosting the first ever Duleep Trophy match too in 1961-62

On November 3, 1934 – Madras city had witnessed heavy rain and many in cricket circles thought it may well interfere the inaugural match of the tournament. Some others – perhaps those who were curious to peep in and have a look at the match presumed that rain was a good augury for the first ever match in Ranji Trophy. And so it proved to be as the historic match took place on November 4, 1934 without any hurdles.

The inaugural match itself proved to be a great hit in that it was played between the traditional rivals – Madras (now Tamilnadu) and Mysore (now Karnataka) – just as the Ashes series is played between England and Australia. Since it was the first ever match in Ranji Trophy and perhaps nobody had visualized that this tournament would be a huge success in the coming years, not much importance was given to statistics – which has acquired a major role now. Fall of wickets do not indicate the name of the outgoing batsmen. The cricketing fraternity should be thankful to Sri SK Gurunathan for recording this match in his “Twelve Years of Ranji Trophy”. Sri SK Gurunathan was the first Honorary Official Statistician of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Despite the overnight rain and the faint morning drizzle on the opening day which resulted for a late start in the match, the two teams were keen to play and enthusiasm was writ large on the faces of the players. It was quite natural because this was the first big game to have come their way and everyone was keen to perform. When play commenced on November 4, 1934 at 11.00 am, two Englishmen, CP Johnstone (Madras) and Major MS Teversham (Mysore) captained the rival teams. Johnstone, left hand opening batsman and an excellent slip fielder, won the first toss in the championship and invited Mysore to bat. The same could not have been said of the Mysore Captain as he had not played cricket with the Mysoreans earlier. In fact, Mysore had lacked match practice.

Mysore batsmen were clueless on the wet wicket and it was no surprise that it was in deep trouble at the beginning itself when its openers N Curtis and P McCosh went in to bat. Morapakkam Joysam Gopalan – the Madras fast medium bowler and the lone test cricketer from among the two teams (he had made his debut for India against England at Calcutta in January 1934; he had also the distinction of playing Hockey at international level – he was selected in the Indian Team for Berlin Olympics) entered the record books as the first bowler to deliver the first ball in the history of the premier tournament to N Curtis who took the first strike. Although Gopalan bowled the first over (and could not capture a wicket in the first innings), the havoc was done by AG Ram Singh, the left arm spinner (his two sons AG Kripal Singh and AG Milkha Singh represented India), who partnered Gopalan at the other end. Mysore players with no exceptions had virtually no answer to the guile of Ram Singh who fully exploited the rain affected pitch. Coupled with his Captain CP Johnstone (a Burmah Shell Executive and who played for Kent in Eng), both sliced through the Mysore batting line up. Curtis top scored the innings with 15 while the only other player to reach double figures was Renshaw Nailer (he had earned a name as a powerful hitter in the Presidency matches in Madras), who made 14. Five players were dismissed for ducks. The only notable partnership of a meagre 24 runs came between Curtis and Nailer for the 4th wicket. MS Teversham – the Mysore skipper (a major in the Army) achieved the rare distinction of becoming the first Captain in the championship to be dismissed for a duck. Wreckers in chief – Ramsingh took 6/19 in 13.2 overs (the first five wicket haul in the national championship) and Johnstone bowling off-cutters, had figures of 4/10 in 6 overs. Mysore players whose batting performance gave a feeling as though they were afraid of the devil in the pitch, eventually were responsible for their team to be dismissed for a paltry 48 – the first double digit score in the history of the national championship. SVT Chari kept wickets brilliantly for Madras and effected 4 stumpings, while C Ramaswamy held 5 catches in the match.

Madras, although rejoiced at keeping the opposition at bay, too did not fare better but the home team batsmen were not as timid as those of the opposition and could muster 130 in 43 overs, for a lead of 82 runs – a shade better than the performance of the visitors. The restricted total of Madras was mainly due to the devastating spell of 6/23 in 8 overs by MG Vijayasarathy who bowled medium off breaks. (he later rose to the level of an international umpire and who was also the first player treasurer of the Mysore State Cricket Association (now KSCA). he also served as its Vice President and President.) and excellent bowling (3/29) by Safi Darashah (who later took to broadcasting as a commentator). Cotah Ramaswami (who also represented India in the Davis Cup in 1922), top scoed with 26 for Madras. NN Swarna (22) and MJ Gopalan (23) were the other leading scorers for Madras. Many felt that if Vijayasarathy had opened the bowling with Nagaraja Rao, the home team could have been dismissed for a lesser score as Vijayasarathy coming as a third change bowler caused the lower order collapse – all the dismissals, being in a row. .

When Mysore switched to batting for a second time, everyone thought it would put up a decent performance. However, this was not to be as once again wickets fell at regular intervals. Mysore batsmen refused to learn from the first innings debacle and paid a heavy price for the inept batting performance for the second time in the match. Ram Singh was in his elements again demolishing the Mysore innings with his tantalizing spinners and accounting for another five wicket haul (5/16in 14.3 overs). With this he scripted his name into the record books as the first player to take 10 or more wickets in a match. Gopalan with 3/20 and Johnstone with 2/10 ably assisted him. T Murari (one of the founders of the MSCA) and Teversham with 11 runs each were the joint top scorers as batsmen for the visitors. Darashah was the only other player to reach the double figure (10). The irony was that Mr Extras top scored for the innings with 13. Mysore, in the end, folded up for a niggardly 59. BR Nagaraja Rao – a fast bowler of repute, also went into the record books as the first player to be dismissed for a ‘pair’ (duck in each innings).

Madras thus emerged victors by an innings and 23 runs. The inaugural match was over in a single day – a record that still stands today as till date no other match in the national championship has been completed in a single day. The whole match lasted for a total of 100.5 overs. Bowlers had a sway in the entire match and this match is still known as Ram Singh’s match for his magnificent bowling performance of 11/35 (6/19 and 5/16).

This match is also known for a humorous anecdote if you can call it like that. It is learnt that some of the supporters of the Mysore team who were excited to get a first-hand knowledge of the inaugural day’s play, had gone to the Railway Station on the morning of the next day to purchase the newspaper (in those days it is learnt that Bangalore did not have any reputed newspaper and the newspapers used to come from Madras by train) but were taken aback when they saw the team members alighting from the train, remarking that they would narrate the match event in detail instead of the newspaper.

And what about those press people who covered this unforgettable match. The stalwarts N.S.Ramaswami, KN Prabhu and PN Sunderesan also find themselves in the record books as the famous trio of cricket writers to have witnessed and reported this historic match. The trio is no more as they have breathed their last.

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The score card of the first Ranji Trophy match is reproduced below

Ranji Trophy, 1934/35 : Madras v Mysore : MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai : 4 November 1934 (3-day match) : Result: Madras won by an innings and 23 runs : Toss: Madras : Captains : MS Teversham {Mysore} : CP Johnstone {Madras}

Mysore : First Innings

N Curtis	c Ramaswami	b Johnstone	15
P McCosh	st Chari	b Ram Singh	07
KS Ramamurthi	st Chari	b Ram Singh	00
T Murari	lbw	b Ram Singh	00
R Nailer	c Swarna	b Ram Singh	14
MG Vijayasarathi		b Johnstone	01
S Darashah	st Chari	b Ram Singh	00
CG Buttenshaw	c Ramaswami	b Ram Singh	03
*+MS Teversham	c Ramaswami	b Johnstone	00
BR Nagaraja Rao	c Ramaswami	b Johnstone	00
YS Ramaswami	not out		00
Extras			08
Total	(all out, 27.2 overs)		48

FoW: 1-12, 2-12, 3-14, 4-38, 5-41, 6-41, 7-41, 8-44, 9-46, 10-48.

Madras : Bowling 1st innings

Bowling	O	M	R	W
Gopalan	8	2	11	0
Ram Singh	13.2	7	19	6
Johnstone	6	3	10	4

Madras 1st innings

AV Krishnaswami		b Nagaraja Rao	09
*CP Johnstone	lbw	b Darashah	06
AG Ram Singh	c McCosh	b Darashah	14
NN Swarna	b Darashah		22
C Ramaswami	c Curtis	b Vijayasarathi	26
MA Uttappa	c Teversham	b Vijayasarathi	16
AL Shaw	lbw	b Vijayasarathi	03
MJ Gopalan	c Curtis	b Vijayasarathi	23
PV Ramanathan	b Vijayasarathi		00
+SVT Chari	c Darashah	b Vijayasarathi	04
PS Ramachandran	not out		00
Extras			07
Total	(all out, 43 overs)		130

FoW: 1-9, 2-23, 3-55, 4-62, 5-96, 6-97, 7-107, 8-107, 9-126, 10-130.

Mysore : Bowling 1st innings

Bowling	O	M	R	W
Buttenshaw	4	1	13	0
Nagaraja Rao	10	3	22	1
Darashah	11	2	29	3
Ramaswami	10	1	36	0
Vijayasarathi	8	3	23	6

Mysore 2nd innings

N Curtis	c Ramaswami	b Gopalan	02
P McCosh		b Ram Singh	00
KS Ramamurthi		b Johnstone	06
T Murari	c Shaw	b Gopalan	11
R Nailer		b Gopalan	00
MG Vijayasarathi		b Ram Singh	05
S Darashah	st Chari	b Ram Singh	10
CG Buttenshaw		c & b Johnstone	01
BR Nagaraja Rao	lbw	b Ram Singh	00
*+MS Teversham		b Ram Singh	11
YS Ramaswami	not out		00
Extras			13
Total	(all out, 30.3 overs)		59

FoW: 1-2, 2-4, 3-16, 4-16, 5-27, 6-29, 7-30, 8-42, 9-42, 10-59.

Madras : Bowling 2nd innings

Bowling	O	M	R	W
Gopalan	12	4	20	3
Ram Singh	14.3	4	16	5
Johnstone	4	1	10	2

This article was first published in crickick.com on 04.11.2017

The following statistical tables show the important key parameters of Ranji Trophy during the last 89 years

Most career runs
No	Score	Player	Teams	Career span
1	12038	Wasim Jaffer	Mumbai, Vidharba	1996/97 – 2019/20
2	9205	Amol Muzumdar	Mumbai, Assam, Andhra	1993/94 – 2013/14
3	9201	Devendra Bundela	Madhya Pradesh	1995/96 – 2017/18
4	9143	Paras Dogra	Himachal Pradesh, Pondicherry	2001/02 – 2023/24
5	8700	Yashpal Singh	Services, Tripura,Sikkim, Manipur	2001/02 – 2019/20
6	8635	Manoj Tiwary	Bengal	2000/01 – 2023/24
7	8554	Mithun Manhas	Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir	1997/98 – 2016/17
8	8430	Faiz Fazal	Vidarbha, Railways	2003/04 – 2023/24
9	8059	Hrishikesh Kanitkar	Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan	1994/95 – 2013/14
10	7861	Naman Ojha	Madhya Pradesh	2000/01 – 2019/20

Highest individual scores-350 plus runs
No	Score	Player	For	Against	Year
1	443*	B. B. Nimbalkar	Maharashtra	Kathiawar	1948/49
2	379	Prithvi Shaw	Mumbai	Assam	2022/23
3	377	Sanjay Manjrekar	Bombay	Hyderabad	1990/91
4	366	M. V. Sridhar	Hyderabad	Andhra	1993/94
5	366	Tanmay Agarwal	Hyderabad	Arunachal	2023/24
6	359*	Vijay Merchant	Bombay	Maharashtra	1943/44
7	359*	Samit Gohel	Gujarat	Odisha	2016/17
8	353	V. V. S. Laxman	Hyderabad	Karnataka	1999/00
9	352	Cheteshwar Pujara	Saurashtra	Karnataka	2012/13
10	351*	Swapnil Gugale	Maharashtra	Delhi	2016/17

Most career centuries – 25 or more
No	100s	Player	Teams	Career span
1	40	Wasim Jaffer	Mumbai, Vidarbha	1996/97 – 2019/20
2	31	Ajay Sharma	Delhi, Himachal Pradesh	1984/85 – 2000/01
3	30	Paras Dogra	Himachal Pradesh, Pondicherry	2001/02 – 2022/23
4	28	Hrishikesh Kanitkar	Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan	1994/95 – 2013/14
5	28	Amol Muzumdar	Bombay/Mumbai, Assam, Andhra	1993/94 – 2013/14
6	27	Amarjit Kaypee	Punjab, Haryana	1980/81 – 1999/00
7	26	Brijesh Patel	Mysore/Karnataka	1969/70 – 1987/88
8	26	Surendra Bhave	Maharashtra	1986/87 – 2000/01
9	25	Mithun Manhas	Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir	1997/98 – 2016/17

Most runs in a season – 1000 plus runs
No	Score	Player	Team	Season
1	1415	V. V. S. Laxman	Hyderabad	1999/00
2	1340	Rahul Dalal	Arunachal Pradesh	2019/20
3	1331	Milind Kumar	Sikkim	2018/19
4	1330	Shreyas Iyer	Mumbai	2015/16
5	1310	Priyank Panchal	Gujarat	2016/17
6	1280	Vijay Bharadwaj	Karnataka	1998/99
7	1260	Wasim Jaffer	Mumbai	2008/09
8	1223	Kedar Jadhav	Maharashtra	2013/14
9	1160	Mayank Agarwal	Karnataka	2017/18
10	1089	Ajinkya Rahane	Mumbai	2008/09

Bowling records – Most career wickets
No	Wkts	Player	Teams	Career span
1	639	Rajinder Goel	Patiala, Southern Punjab, Delhi, Haryana	1958/59 – 1984/85
2	531	S Venkataraghavan	Madras/Tamil Nadu	1963/64 – 1984/85
3	479	Sunil Joshi	Karnataka	1992/93 – 2010/11
4	442	Vinay Kumar	Karnataka, Pondicherry	2004/05 – 2019/20
5	441	Narendra Hirwani	Madhya Pradesh, Bengal	1984/85 – 2005/06
6	437	Bhagwat Chandrasekhar	Mysore/Karnataka	1963/64 – 1979/80

Best bowling figures in an innings
No	Score	Player	Team	Opponent	Season
1	10/20	Premangsu Chatterjee	Bengal	Assam	1956/57
2	10/78	Pradeep Sunderam	Rajasthan	Vidarbha	1985/86
3	09/23	Ankeet Chavan	Mumbai	Punjab	2012/13
4	09/25	Hyder Ali	Railways	Jammu and Kashmir	1969/70
5	09/29	Faisal Shaikh	Goa	Services	2002/03

Most wickets in a season
No	Wkts	Player	Team	Season
1	68	Ashutosh Aman	Bihar	2018/19
2	67	Jaydev Unadkat	Saurashtra	2019/20
3	64	Bishan Singh Bedi	Delhi	1974/75
4	62	Dodda Ganesh	Karnataka	1998/99
5	62	Kanwaljit Singh	Hyderabad	1999/00

Team records-Highest innings totals
No	Score	Team	Opponent	Season
1	944/6d	Hyderabad	Andhra	1993/94
2	912/6d	Tamil Nadu	Goa	1988/89
3	912/8d	Madhya Pradesh	Karnataka	1945/46
4	880/10	Jharkhand	Nagaland	2021/22
5	855/6d	Mumbai	Hyderabad	1990/91
6	826/04	Maharashtra	Saurashtra	1948/49
7	826/7d	Meghalaya	Sikkim	2018/19

Lowest innings totals
No	Score	Team	Opponent	Season
1	21	Hyderabad	Rajasthan	2010/11
2	22	Southern Punjab	Northern India	1934/35
3	23	Sind	Southern Punjab	1938/39
4	23	Jammu and Kashmir	Delhi	1960/61
5	23	Jammu and Kashmir	Haryana	1977/78

Highest partnerships per wicket
Wkt	Runs	Players	Team	Opponent	Season
1st	464	Ravi Sehgal-Raman Lamba	Delhi	Himachal Pradesh	1994/95
2nd	475	Zahir Alam-Lalchand Rajput	Assam	Tripura	1991/92
3rd	594*	Swapnil Gugale-Ankit Bawne	Maharashtra	Delhi	2016/17
4th	577	Vijay Hazare-Gul Mohammad	Baroda	Holkar	1946/47
5th	520*	Cheteshwar Pujara-Ravindra Jadeja	Saurashtra	Orissa	2008/09
6th	417	Wriddhiman Saha-Laxmi Ratan Shukla	Bengal	Assam	2010/11
7th	460	Bhupinder Singh Jr.-Pankaj Dharmani	Punjab	Delhi	1994/95
8th	392	Amit Mishra-Jayant Yadav	Haryana	Karnataka	2012/13
9th	249*	Ankit Srivastava-Kapil Seth	Madhya Pradesh	Vidarbha	2000/01
10th	233	Ajay Sharma-Maninder Singh	Delhi	Bombay	1991/92